本論文是在回顧漱石小説作品《道草》(1914)研究的大方向的前提之下,重新品讀《道草》之後的所得的研究成果。富饒別出心裁、匠心鉅作、多采多姿的《道草》先行諸論,的確令人耳目一新,受益匪淺。然而,不諱言地當中仍有三點値得省思的地方。其一乃是仔細精讀作品,正確引用《道草》原文的重要性。其二乃是不要被《道草》的敘述者自我矛盾的言詞所誤導。其三乃是矯正偏失的論點。而在勵行貫徹上述的値得注意並且省思的三點同時,不難發現小説作品《道草》諸論中,普通缺乏了從朋友的角度,來剖析健三的夫妻、家人、親戚關係之外的另一人際關係的視野。於是在補足《道草》諸論不足的意義上,本論文嘗試從朋友的視點切入來探討小説作品《道草》。結果顯示朋友對健三是極為友善,且健三對朋友也極為信頼,可以當做訴苦的對象。基於朋友兩肋插刀,解決了健三的金銭困境,於是健三可以跳脱常常被太太、手足、親戚壓迫的被害人的處境,成為受益的一方。被壓迫的情緒暫時得到了舒緩。從肯定朋友給予的好意此點看來,其實可以追溯至随筆作品《回想諸事種種》(1910-1911)中,漱石肯定、感念別人的好意的心情。歴經吐血、昏迷不省人事、大難不死後的漱石,在《回想諸事種種》中提及,願意將別人對自己的好意,當作永遠的紀念,深藏於心中。這様的記念,可以説不僅止於深藏漱石的心中,而是化為具體的小説作品《道草》了。
This paper tries to took out the view point regarding the review of ”Michikusa”, while looking back the tidal current of ”Michikusa” studies. There are numerous achievement that I am able to evaluate in the various stidies of ”Michikusa” by new ideas. However, the reading of the text ”Michikusa” is important for base construction of ”Michikusa” studies. When I review conventional research from this point, three problems will come into focus.First points is a reconfirmation that ”Michikusa” has to be read by the context of the text. And second one is a problem to pay attention to the particularity of the narrator in ”Michikusa”, third one is a trend to lose sight of other aspects when someone emphasizes only the same point of an study. It became obvious that the view point of the association with friends is lacking in the personal relations of Kenzo, when I read ”Michikusa” study again according to this point. Reversing, although Kenzo as the victim who was cornered by relative relation until now has been emphasized, when we read ”Michikusa” again from the view point of friends, we can understand Kenzo as a beneficiary obviously.